Self filling and cleaning scraper or excavation-bucket.



I H. KENDLE. SELF FILLING AND CLEANING SCRAPER-0R EXCAVATION BUCKET.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG- !3. 1914. 1,166,601.

Patgnted Jam-4, 1916.

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Be it known that I, HERMANN. lKENDLE,-'a citizen of the United States, residing .at Eatonville, inthe county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Self Filling and Cleaning Scrapers orExcavation-Buckets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and'exact description. ofthe invention', such as will enableothers'skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. t

This invention relatesto shovels and in particular to drag shovels.

A principal object of this inventidn is to a device that is invertible.

Stillv another object of this invention is to give a device that will raise one end .ofthe shovel off the ground upon'retractlve movement.

Other objects and advantages of this in vention will be hereinafter setforth inthe specification and pointed out in the claims.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the specification and the drawings, in which,

Figure 1,is a top plan View thereof, Fig. 2, is a' vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof. p v

drawings, -1 is the body portion of the shovel proper comprising" side portions 2 and 3, reversible sh'oveled edge portions 4 and 5, rear portions 6 and fender portion 7. The shovel portions 4 and ,3 are suitably. fastened to the rear portion 6 as by means of.

rivets or bolts 8 and 9 and are adapted to st out beyond the edges of the side walls 2and 3 of the body portion 1., Slidablymounted upon theinner face of-the rear portion 6 is acleaning device 10, said cleaning deviceconforming to the contour of'the'rear portion 6 thereon the portion 6 having slots 11 and 12 adjacent its upper edge for a purpose to be hereinafter .set forth. At suitable points upon the rear portion 6- are registering hinge members 13 and 14, said hinge members being arranged in pairs and having apertures therethrough which apertures register with openings in the -fender 7 to receive pivot bolts 15. The fender 7 has reinforcing and bracing members 16 connected thereto which receive the full friction ofthe shoveling device upon the retractive sliding movement Specification of Letters Patent. Application flledhngust 13,1914. s rial no. 856,559.

Patented Jan, 4;, 1916.-

of this deviceoverthe ground. A pairiofflevers 17 project from the fender 7 andare' adapted to pass through slots in the lower ,7 portion of the member 6, said slots being no.

' similar to the slots 11 and 12 in the upper portion of the member 6 and'through ;openings 18111 the member 10 whereby'upon the pivotal operation of the fender 7, the member 10 willbe reciprocated backan'd forth B5 through the medium of the levers 17. A re v mo'vable'bracket member 19 is socketed in the front portion of the body 1, asat 20 in such manner that the same can be removed and reverted into the opposite position" to that shown in F ig.- 2. The bracketedmember 21 is adapted to seat over said member 19 and is fastened thereto by extending a bolt transversely through the dependingears 22 and the interposed portion-of the member 19. A- 75, spindle 23 is mounted through the arms of said bracketed member 21 and rotatably posi 'tioned thereupon is the sleeve device 24, this sleeve device being adapted to'rotate with .the longitlidlnal movement of the cable 25.

A seeon'd'bracketed member 26 is positioned 'at the edge of the rear portion 6 and near the shoveledge 4 as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing which likewise supports a sleeve 27 to support the rear portion of the cable 25.

The cable 25 has two extensions 28 and 29 which are attached to the inner face of the, fender 7. in such manner that when the cable is pulled forward the fender is closed in against the rear portion 6 of the shovel, the cable 25 riding over the sleeves and 27 for this purpose. The front portion of the connected to cables and 36, said latter cables being fastened as at- 37 and38 to the' outer surface of the fender '7, and adapted to retract said shovel when a rearward pull In operation the shovel is pulled forward by means of the cable 33 and intermediate cables as described, said act causing the shovel edge to dig into the ground to thereby fill the central space of the shovel ,1 with dirt and carrying the same forward -discharge,- the;, shovel is the mdiumfif the. cable Band 36 aspreviously described, said act retractiiig the shovel. and at the same time.

7 with .the said movement ofthe shovel.

After-"the shovel has reached the point of retracted through 34 and cables drawing rearwardly the fender 7 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 as at 39. This act causes-the member 10 to reciprocate through the medium of the lever 17 and thereby 'cleans the inner face of the shovel. When thefender 7 is swung rearwardl-y the rear pdrtion of the shovel is lifted from the ground owing to the contour of the fender 7 "which plays along the ground as at 40.

' When desirable the shovel can be inverted,

the. fender 7 being disengaged from the hinges 13 and-engaged with the hinges 14 in a reverse direction and the bracket members 21 and 26 and the bracket device 19 are likewise reversed to the opposite edge of the shovel, these acts naturally throwing thecables to play on opposite sides'of the shovel. This act causes the shovel edge 4 to Work into the soil instead of the shovel edge 5 as shown in the drawings.

When'the fender 7 is reversed from the position shown, the levers 17 project through the slots 11 and 12 and through openings in' the member 10 so thatsaidmember 10 will be reciprocated when theyfender is raised or lowered. I Having now described my invention wnat I claim .as new and desire to secure by Let:

' ters Patent is- --having slots arranged in pairs therethrough,

each pair being adjacent one edge of the rear portion, a cutting member at each edge of the rear portion, a curved cleaning member slidably mounted over the inner face of the curved rear wall, a fender adapted to be pivoted to the outer face of the curved rear wall. and at either edge thereof, levers carried by the pivoted edge of said fender adapted to extend through. said slots and reciprocate thecleaning device over the inner face of'the rear curved member, a reversible bracket connecting the forward ends of the side members, operating cables, and rollers supporting certain of said cables.

3. An excavating device comprising a pair of side walls, a curved Wall at one end thereof and connected to the side walls, said curved wallhaving slots thereth-rough arranged in pairs, :1 fender pivoted to said curved wall, a curved cleaning member movably mounted over the inner face of the ,curved wall, levers carried by the fender extending through 'said slots adapted to move thecleaning device over the face of the curved wall when the fender is raised or lowered, a curved'bracket at the forward end of said side walls, sockets carried by the side walls to receive the ends of'the curved krackets, a cable extending over the curved racket and curved rear walls, and rotating members over whlch said cable travels when --moved length-wise.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMANN KENDLE.

lVitnesses:

NORMAN J. BRUEN, EMILYM. BRUEN. 

